Premier’s Government Overrules Senior Environmental Reviewer, Ostrander Point Turbines
“This case went through Tribunal hearings, then appeals up to the Court of Appeal. The government must immediately explain why critical information seems to have been hidden.”
"When we start to treat nature and species like a bunch of widgets in a factory, we've completely lost sight of what's truly important for our communities and our very identity as Ontarians," Gord Miller, Ontario Environmental Commissioner, 2013
Potent questions remain after the ERT (Environmental Review Tribunal) hit the pause button at the behest of Toronto environmental lawyer, Eric Gillespie, on September 5th, 2015 (Ostrander Point turbine project). Why did the Premier’s government overrule a senior environmental reviewer?